Blosseville Coast
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The Blosseville Coast is a stretch of coast in southeastern Greenland
between the fjord Kangerdlugsuaqq 68°N 32°W and Cape Brewster at the entrance to Scoresby Sound at 70° 10'N 22°W.
The coast is steep and difficult to access with ship due to the great ice barrier.
It was explored in 1833 by Jules de Blosseville
, commander of "La Lilloise", for whom it is named.
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
between the fjord Kangerdlugsuaqq 68°N 32°W and Cape Brewster at the entrance to Scoresby Sound at 70° 10'N 22°W.
The coast is steep and difficult to access with ship due to the great ice barrier.
It was explored in 1833 by Jules de Blosseville
Jules de Blosseville
Jules-Alphonse-René Poret baron de Blosseville was a French naval officer, geographer and explorer....
, commander of "La Lilloise", for whom it is named.